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- The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway was a union between the two kingdoms Denmark and Norway. They were previously in the Kalmar Union with Sweden. The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway lasted from 1536 to 1814. The capital of both countries was Copenhagen, and they shared the same military.
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After 1660, Denmark–Norway consisted of five formally separate parts (The Kingdom of Denmark, The Kingdom of Norway, The Duchy of Holstein, The Duchy of Schleswig and The County of Oldenburg). Norway had its separate laws and some institutions, and separate coinage and army.
Jan 11, 2022 · In 1536, King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and the Danish royalties decided that Norway should be ruled under Denmark's crown and therefore couldn't be called a kingdom of its own. Norway had since 1380 shared the king with Denmark but had its own governing institution in the shape of a state council.
Denmark and Norway have a very long history together: they were both part of the Kalmar Union between 1397 and 1523, and Norway was in a Union with Denmark between 1524 and 1814. The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1905, after Norway ended its union with Sweden.
As a hereditary kingdom, Norway's status as separate from Denmark remained important to the royal dynasty in its struggles to win elections as kings of Denmark. The two kingdoms remained tied until 1814.
At one point, the Danish Viking Sweyn Forkbeard (Svend Tveskæg) and his son Canute the Great (Knud den Store) were the kings not only of Denmark but of Norway, Southern Sweden, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland, Orkney and parts of England.
In 1397 at Kalmar, Sweden, Margaret oversaw the coronation of Erik as king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden—thus establishing the Kalmar Union of the three Scandinavian states. Although Erik, known as Erik VII in Danish history, was the titular king, Margaret retained actual power until her death in 1412.
Although Norwegian history goes back many centuries, modern Norway as an independent nation is relatively young. In 1380 Norway and Denmark were merged under a single monarch, but Norway was given a subordinate role in the union and came increasingly under Danish control.
